different sounds in playing technique

[accordian]

so i'm currently learning "somebody I used to know
gotye" as it turns out this is a great song for praciticing
2 row jumps from where you start off anyway as I get
into the chorus part I notice that by playing the way
the beginning of the song starts off isn't powerful enough
so I try playing a little louder but nope
then I try playing with no empty spaces in the notes
and chords or staccato (I think) and combined
with the volume difference it sounds great.

are there any other types of techniques or
things I can do to make all the different parts
sound correct / better eg. at the moment
im still unsure other than when you can tell the song
needs more oomph when to raise and lower the volume

 

[jozz]

then I try playing with no empty spaces in the notes
and chords or staccato (I think) and combined
with the volume difference it sounds great.

I like this sentence :mrgreen:

do you have any recordings of the problem?

 

[george garside]

there are two key components to make a tune sound musical i.e give it character rather than just playing the right notes in the right order. Most written music does not indicate these ( some does) and it is up to the player to work out what sounds best.

The first one is 'phrasing' which is rather like punctuation in the spoken word. i.e the pauses indicated by full stops, commas etc etc. There are no hard and fast rules to phrasing but putting a little pause (shorter than a 'rest' ) in carefully chosen places , maybe after a couple of bars, maybe in the middle of a bar? is the mucical version of a good orator speaking in public.

The second is 'dynamics'' which in simple terms means varying the volume here and there, just as a good orator will vay the voice rather than speaking in a monotone. The only volume control on an accordion is by varying the bellows pressure and so it can help to play the bulk of a tune at about half maximum volume so that you leave scope to go louder or quieter as required. To this end the skill of delicate bellows control needs to be developed rather than treating the bellows as a bloody big air pump!

george

 

[accordian]

there are two key components to make a tune sound musical i.e give it character rather than just playing the right notes in the right order. Most written music does not indicate these ( some does) and it is up to the player to work out what sounds best.

The first one is phrasing which is rather like punctuation in the spoken word. i.e the pauses indicated by full stops, commas etc etc. There are no hard and fast rules to phrasing but putting a little pause (shorter than a rest ) in carefully chosen places , maybe after a couple of bars, maybe in the middle of a bar? is the mucical version of a good orator speaking in public.

The second is dynamics which in simple terms means varying the volume here and there, just as a good orator will vay the voice rather than speaking in a monotone. The only volume control on an accordion is by varying the bellows pressure and so it can help to play the bulk of a tune at about half maximum volume so that you leave scope to go louder or quieter as required. To this end the skill of delicate bellows control needs to be developed rather than treating the bellows as a bloody big air pump!

george

ah i see